Spam end of season

[Matt Shipley]

Hi, hoping to get out once or twice before the end of the season, caught a few nice fish in the autumn on spam mostly rolling or touch legering. Wondering if this is the tactic to go for with the rivers in Yorkshire just settling down nicely and good conditions, or if maggot /caster feeder is the way to go ? I’ve only fished for barbel once this tie of year which was the last day of last season and blanked on both meat and maggot.
Cheers

 

[Kevin Brown]

Try both , it can change from day to day , depending on what they fancy .

 

[Daniel Jeffery]

Definitely try it. I was out yesterday and down here it was low, gin clear, sunny. In those conditions the wisdom is small baits, small hooks, etc. I’d not had a knock, so on a hunch stuck on a large cube of spam. I didn’t have a chance to put the rod in the rest.

 

[Jon Frisby]

Last 5 fish for for me have fell to spam... Best end of season bait going..

 

[Craig Lea]

hello , i’m on the wye , just outside Hereford. Had chub on meat , changed to trent baits shrimp paste wrapped over a pellet , has a 9lb barbel at 3pm , in bright sunshine. The river is clear .

 

[Matt Shipley]

Cheers all, got out today, no barbel, had two bites on meat and one chub 3 and a half lb or so, saved a blank at least. Tried bread but nothing on that. Seems mostly chub coming out talking to a few others on the bank.